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Retired Supreme Court Justice Urges Repeal Of Second Amendment
Posted on · In his essay published Tuesday, Stevens talks about the "March for Our Lives" events on Saturday which drew crowds in cities across the country
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Supreme Court Won’t Upend Arizona Licenses For Immigrants
Posted on · Scotus left in place an appeals' court decision in favor of the immigrants who sought licenses
Houston Matters
What’s At Stake In The Texas-New Mexico Supreme Court Battle Over Water Rights?
Posted on · A legal expert explains the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court case between Texas and New Mexico over water rights from the Rio Grande.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Water Rights Battle, And The Man Behind Houston’s Skyline (Jan. 8, 2017)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: We look at a water rights battle between Texas and New Mexico. Real estate developer Gerald D. Hines talks about his role in the creation of Houston's skyline. Dr. Lori Teller answers questions about your beloved dogs and cats. And Jeff Balke discusses the latest Houston sports news.
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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 27: Gun Control, After Vegas
Posted on · "In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'" - Comedian, Robin Williams
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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 24: Redistricting Ruling Rodeo
Posted on · "It's always good to tell people to 'stay safe' during a disaster just in case they didn't know." - @TheCatWhisprer via Twitter
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A Potential Showdown Between Cities And The State Over Equal Rights
Posted on · The 2017 state legislative session will include another attempt to nullify LGBT non-discrimination laws in cities across Texas.
Houston Matters
Unraveled — Book Examines the Legal Challenges to the Affordable Care Act
Posted on · Josh Blackman, associate professor at Houston College of Law (formerly South Texas College of Law) initially considered himself the “Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern” of the Affordable Care Act. Like the largely incidental characters of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Blackman witnessed a lot of key moments in the saga over the passage, implementation and initial challenges to the federal […]
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Appeals Court Formally Nullifies Texas Abortion Restrictions
Posted on · A federal appeals court has nullified key portions of a sweeping 2013 Texas abortion law — a legal formality that complies with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this summer.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Abortion Ruling and Law Schools to Face Off in Court: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel debates: the Supreme Court […]
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Houston Ob-Gyn Explains How Court Ruling Allows His Abortion Clinic To Stay Open
Posted on · Texans are still absorbing a historic decision from the U.S. Supreme Court which struck down major parts of a Texas law.
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Justices To Hear Dispute Over Deaf Driver Education In Texas
Posted on · The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute involving deaf people in Texas who say driver instruction schools in the state won't let them take classes needed to get a driver's license.
Health & Science
SCOTUS Strikes Down Major Portions Of Controversial Texas Abortion Law
Posted on · Abortion rights groups hailed the ruling as an affirmation of Roe v. Wade, but cautioned that access to abortion will not be easily – or quickly – restored in Texas.
Houston Matters
Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Provisions of Texas Abortion Law
Posted on · The US Supreme Court this morning (June 27, 2016), in a 5-3 ruling, struck down two provisions of a Texas law regulating abortion: one requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admissions privileges within 30 miles; the other requiring clinics that provide abortions to meet the standards of outpatient surgical centers. The state argued […]
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US Supreme Court Overturns Texas Abortion Restrictions
Posted on · The Supreme Court has struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.